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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What friends from Maine did Theodore Roosevelt hire to manage his new ranch Elk Horn in the Dakotas?
(a) Isaac Hunt and Joe Ferris.
(b) Joe Ferris and George Edmunds.
(c) Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow.
(d) Titus Sheard and James G. Blaine.

2. By what nickname was Theodore Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt, known?
(a) “Missy.”
(b) “Bamie.”
(c) “Ellie.”
(d) “Mittie.”

3. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?
(a) Brighton Beach, New York.
(b) Richfield Springs, New York.
(c) Oyster Bay, New York.
(d) Coney Island, New York.

4. When Theodore Roosevelt returned Albany to the Republican Convention of 1884, he led the independents for what candidate?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) George Edmunds.
(c) Titus Sheard.
(d) James G. Blaine.

5. Theodore Roosevelt married Alice Lee on his birthday. How old did he turn on that day?
(a) 25.
(b) 24.
(c) 26.
(d) 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected as Speaker in the New York Assembly in 1881 and 1882?

2. How old was future first lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the time of Ulysses Grant’s funeral?

3. In the winter when Theodore Roosevelt was wooing Alice Lee, he took a vacation to what location in Maine, according to the author in Chapter 4, “The Swell in the Dog-Cart”?

4. What future Secretary of State did Theodore Roosevelt meet in September of 1870, according to the author in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?

5. Following the death of his wife and mother, Theodore Roosevelt sold his house and his mother’s and moved his daughter and her caretaker to a smaller place located where in New York City?

(see the answer key)

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